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Dr. T. G. Hull and Mr. William Rothberg both entered the 

 military service during the year, and for the last six months 

 the bacteriological collection has been in charge 

 Changes in of Miss E. I. Parsons (Vassar, 19 17) and Miss 

 Staff and Rebecca Berland. The development of the Food 



Activities Exhibit has been carried forward with marked 



enthusiasm and ability by Miss Mary Greig, 

 whose services are made available to us by a cooperative ar- 

 rangement with Teachers College. 



Among other outside war activities Curator Winslow had 

 charge, for a period of six weeks during the summer, of the 

 instruction in bacteriology and public health at the Red Cross 

 Training Camp for Nurses at Vassar College ; and as Consult- 

 ant in Industrial Hygiene to the U. S. Public Health Service he 

 has conducted extensive investigations in regard to the safe- 

 guarding of the health of munition workers. 



Curator Winslow has published during the year the second 

 of a series of two elementary textbooks on Healthy Living, 

 which are in large part illustrated by material from the Public 

 Health exhibits of the Museum, and which it is hoped may 

 serve to extend the influence of Museum educational methods 

 into the wide field of elementary education. 



THE LIBRARY * 

 Ralph W. Tower, Curator 



The Library has felt to a degree the unusual circumstances 

 imposed by war conditions. Very little printed matter has been 

 received from European countries, and the International Ex- 

 change Service appears to have been suspended for the time 

 being. Each member of the staff has been engaged in one way 

 or another in war or relief work which has demanded a certain 

 amount of time and exacted a great amount of energy. Much 

 commendation must be attributed to these assistants, who, 

 while being faithful to their vocation, have toiled long and as- 

 siduously and made each day count for two, thus being a potent 

 factor in molding the world's history. 



The Library was extremely fortunate in securing the services 



Under the Department of Books and Publications. 



